Lilium Pearl Stacey - Lily

Lilium 'Pearl Stacey' Asiatic lily belongs to a new series of hybrid lilies called 'Pearl', which brings together vigorous, floriferous, and easy-to-grow plants, in a palette of particularly refined colours. The flowers of 'Stacey' face outwards with a perfect shape and a soft melon-orange colour. The numerous flower buds open in summer on tall almost black, architectural and remarkably sturdy stems. Once well established, this lily blooms faithfully every year, and quickly naturalises in borders, pots, or large rockeries. Its flowers are sublime in a vase.

The Lilium genus belongs to the Liliaceae family, its representatives are bulbous plants generally very resistant to cold in soils that do not retain excessive water in winter. 'Pearl Stacey', introduced in 2008, is a hybrid obtained by cross-breeding various Asian species, including Lilium longiflorum, vigorous and very accommodating. This bulbous plant spends the winter dormant underground. Its vegetation starts around April, producing a strong leafy stem. Like all of the 'Pearl' series, each stem will reach approximately 1 to 1.10 m (3 to 4ft) high when flowering, and the clump will spread without theoretical limits over time, with bulbs producing bulblets through vegetative multiplication. The Spectacular flowers bloom from mid-June to mid-July, for about 4 weeks. Numerous rounded flowers appear on the leafy stems, with 6 reflexed, wide, and thick-textured petals, up to 15 cm (6in) in diameter on a mature plant. The yellow-orange colour of the flowers reveals a fine network of darker, salmon-coloured veins, which contribute to the intensity of the colour. Six long stamens with white-orange filaments, covered with dark brown pollen, stand in the centre of the corolla, creating contrast. The wind-resistant stems are covered with alternate, narrow, and shiny dark green leaves.

This wonderful lily will thrive and prosper year after year in light and fertile, well-balanced and well-prepared soil. It can be planted with perennial plants as it likes having its base in the shade. 'Pearl Stacey' brings a rare colour to floral compositions, very refined when combined with the white blooms of gauras, Crambe cordifolia, or catmint. The soft orange of its flowers perfectly complements the blue of perennial flax, delphiniums, or agapanthus. Numerous plants such as bellflowers, white or orange daylilies, white or yellow foxgloves, white or mauve paniculate phlox can also accompany it, it's all a matter of taste. Creeping phlox, rock cress, or silver basket will cover its base with an elegant carpet. This tall lily is also superb in tall borders or with blue, mauve, green, or white hydrangeas. It is also an excellent cut flower.